The
City of Springfield Council and Lane County Commissioners met in a Regular
Session in the Library Meeting Room, 225 Fifth Street, Springfield, Oregon, on
Monday, June 20, 2005 at 7:00 p.m., with Mayor Leiken and Commissioner Chair
Anna Morrison presiding.

Roll call was conducted for
the Springfield Council.All members were
present except for Councilor Ralston (excused).

Commissioner Morrison called
to order the Lane County Board of Commissioners meeting for June 20, 2005.Board members were present except for
Commissioner Dwyer (excused).

Mayor Leiken welcomed Eugene
Mayor Piercy.

UPBEAT

1.Recognition
of ACTSO Medal Winners from Lane County Schools.

Commissioner Green introduced this item and said the elected officials
would take this time to recognize some outstanding young individuals in the
community.This recognition occurred on
an annual basis.ACT-SO was sponsored
by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and
was an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific
Olympics.The program encouraged high
academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school
students.There were many categories
for the competition and all African-American high school students who were
citizens of the United States were eligible to participate.

Commissioner
Green introduced Arbrella Luvert, member of NAACP Executive Board, and also one
of the advisors for ACTSO.Ms. Luvert
said this was one of the greatest programs there was in terms of youth
initiative for African American students.She shared information regarding the NAACP, one of the largest and
oldest civil rights organizations which had two youth initiatives.This one was targeted for African American
youth in high schools.The very first
competition was held in Portland, Oregon.The program offered opportunity for students to compete in sports as
well as an opportunity to compete in several academic areas.She thanked the elected officials for taking
the time to recognize the success of the students.She also recognized Dr. Snell Fontus for his efforts and support
related to this program.She
acknowledged the mentorship associated with this program.

Commissioner
Green thanked participants, including specific audience members, the parents at
the meeting this evening, NAACP board members Dennis Shine and Henry Luvert,
and chaperones also at the meeting this evening.

Mayor
Piercy said she would be recognizing Eugene students but also wanted to
express, on behalf of the entire community and Eugene council appreciation of
all participants and how much they appreciated the efforts they had made.She read a proclamation recognizing the
ACT-SO program.

Mayor
Leiken thanked everyone for their support of the ACT-SO program and read his
letter of support to the students.He
also recognized efforts of Dennis Shine for recommending recognition of the
ACT-SO program about five years ago.Mayor Leiken recognized the accomplishments of the students and
recognized Springfield Gold Medal winners as follows:

Commissioner
Morrison presented the students with a check presentation to NAACP / ACT-SO
Program, in the amount of $5,000, on behalf of the Lane County Board of County
Commissioners.This funding was to help
defray trip expenses to Milwaukee while participating in the International
ACT-SO Competition.

Ashley
Patterson presented a monologue called the “Invisible Friend.”The group applauded her presentation and
message.

1.Proposed
Metro Plan Diagram Amendment, Concurrent Glenwood Refinement Plan Diagram
Amendment, Glenwood Refinement Plan Text Amendment Establishing Designation,
Zoning, and Development Policies, and Amendment to the Springfield Development
Code for the Area Known as “Subarea 8: The River Opportunity Area” in the
Glenwood Refinement Plan, Excepting the Parcels South of the Railroad Tracks.

Mayor
Leiken opened the public hearing for Springfield.

Commissioner
Morrison opened the public hearing and announced this was a second reading and
public hearing of ordinance PA 12-23, IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING THE
EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE METRO
PLAN, DIAGRAM FOR PROPERTY IN THE GLENWOOD AREA WITH CONCURRENT GLENWOOD
REFINEMENT PLAN DIAGRAM AND TEXT AMENDMENTS AND ADOPTING SAVINGS AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES.

Commissioner
Morrison conducted a reading in regards to the second half, ORDINANCE NO. 2-05,
IN THE MATTER AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF LANE CODE TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE
SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT REGULATION FOR APPLICATION TO URBANIZABLE LANDS WITHIN
THE SPRINGFIELD URBAN GROWTH AREA, LANE CODE 10.600-15, AND ADOPTING SAVINGS
AND SEVERABILTY CLAUSES.

City
Planner Susanna Julber introduced this topic.The package of amendments
necessary to adopt a redevelopment process for the Glenwood Riverfront, which
the council initiated on September 20, 2004, was now before the Springfield
City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners.The amendments would allow the development of Subarea 8 into a
land use pattern which included a mix of residential, office, and commercial
uses along the Glenwood Riverfront, as well as allow the flexibility to respond
to a changing market through a Master Plan Modification procedure.

The Mixed Use/Nodal
Development Metro Plan and Refinement Plan diagram designations were effective
upon adoption of this amendment.The
remainder of the Amendments, including Article 44 of the Springfield
Development Code, and zoning districts consistent with the policies of the
Refinement Plan, were applied as the properties within the Project Area are
annexed into the City.

The Springfield Planning Commission
made a recommendation for approval of the Amendments, with some recommended
changes on May 18, 2005, with a vote of 6-0.The Lane County Planning Commission made a recommendation for approval,
with some recommended changes, on May 17, 2005, with a vote of 4-1-1.These changes were addressed in Attachment
2.

No specific development was
approved pursuant to the Joint Elected Official’s approval of the
Amendments.A second reading of the
Ordinance before the Springfield City Council was scheduled for July 18.The Lane County Board of Commissioners had a
first reading on the amendments on June 1, 2005.The Joint Elected Officials may elect to keep the record open at
this June 20 meeting.

Ms.
Julber entered into the public record the packet the elected officials had, all
the exhibits and attachments.She noted
that the minutes from the Planning Commission meetings had not been approved
yet and were in draft at this point.She pointed to Exhibit E of the ordinance, which was the staff report,
and the response to criteria and findings for the plan and development code
amendments for Subarea 8, the river opportunity area in Glenwood.This report showed that it met the criteria
from Article 7 of the Springfield Development Code for plan amendments and
development code amendments.

1.Fred Simmons, 312 52nd Street, Springfield, OR.Mr. Simmons spoke regarding this topic.He had resistance to the amalgamation in that turf.As far as planning goes, a one hundred foot
buffer needed to be maintained.The
seventy-five foot average appeared there would be some substantial alterations
in the process.The concept of storm
water issues were such that we needed to go one step further than just cleaning
storm water.We needed to change the
plumbing codes and change codes to allow storm water to be used for sanitary
sewer purposes in this type of area and use it as a complimentary sustainable
component.One of the problems with the
plan was the issues of exclusions of business.There are a number of nodes that were adopted previously in Springfield
and none have come to fruition.They
have been replaced by Burrito Amigos and other facilities that don’t fit into
that node.When some businesses were
excluded here, you begin to foreclose some of the economic opportunities in
that area.The dream was great; there
was no question about that.It was a
significant contribution to the community, but the entire zoning change at this
point, by excluding some of those other uses, not only put a grandfather clause
in there, but created some real ending points for people that have those
existing businesses.Because of their
non conforming use, they would not be able to go to a financial institution and
secure funding for expansion or replacement of those businesses.There were glitches that needed to be
addressed, but the bucket was not there to fund it.There were some restrictions on existing business.He urged council to be careful.

2.Zachary Vishanoff, Patterson Street Eugene, OR.Mr. Vishanoff provided an article to the group, by the Oregon
Daily Emerald, titled Community Groups Fear Impacts of ODOT Plan.This article was related to interchange
problems.He said this plan seemed to
tie into the interchange and our community had not discussed the Gateway
problem.That was one of the things it
was rationalizing putting in the interchange there.Somehow we don’t know when we are coming into Eugene.If there was a more grand entrance then we
could become the world’s greatest place.He said the Gateway problem was something people in Eugene needed to
discuss.He did not think people would
spend a lot of money trying to create a real psychological entrance when we had
a backlog in road repair already.He
referenced the congress of the new urbanism group and read a portion of an
article titled “New Urbanism Doesn’t Speak to Western Towns”.

3.Jozef Siekiel-Zdzienicki, 1025 Taylor Street, Eugene, OR.Mr. Siekiel-Zdzienicki testified regarding this subject.He referenced the Glenwood Redevelopment
Plan and said it is a great project.The filtration system went along with what they say they wanted to do
and he thought it would work.He said
the steeping of the roofline was good and the confinement of the lighted areas
was important.He had two caveats,
though.He said the setback from the
river should be more than seventy-five feet.He said he would push for one hundred and fifty, but did not think that
was a viable number, so he would push for the one hundred foot setback.The density for these properties would be
high.He said since the focus was on
the river you would have more people going toward it.People don’t stay on the path.That extra twenty-five feet would make a big difference.He warned that there would be areas that
would be grandfathered in that were less than seventy-five feet from the
river.You need to be very careful
about that.He is a builder and
realized some can find a loophole in the rule and would get around this.

Mayor
Leiken closed the public hearing.

Commissioner
Morrison asked if anyone else wanted to testify and no one appeared.Commissioner Morrison closed the public
hearing for the Board of County Commissioners.

Springfield
City Council will not take action on this until July 18th.

Commissioner
Morrison said the Lane County Commissioners would take action on July 27 their
next available meeting date after the Springfield City Council takes action.

IT
WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER STEWART WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREEN, THAT THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MOVED TO BRING ORDINANCE PA 12 23 AND ORDINACE 2-05, TO A
THIRD READING AND DELIBERATION ON JULY 27.THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.